https://wiki.opennic.org/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:54:36 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://wiki.opennic.org/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg https://wiki.opennic.org/ https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/null?rev=1792559034&do=diff .null TLD Charter .null is Chartered to be used similarly to how you might use a DNS version of Usenet's alt. hierarchy. Any member of the OpenNIC may register one .null Second-Level domain and domain allocations will be strictly first come-first served. No challenges to a domain holder on any basis other than .null policy violation or non-use of the domain will be considered. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:03:54 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/fur?rev=1792557254&do=diff .fur TLD Overview The Top Level Domain “fur” is provided by FurNIC. FurNIC peers with OpenNIC to mutually provide access to the Top Level Domains of the other party. History There was a Top Level Domain “fur” in OpenNIC proper several years ago. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:34:14 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/bit?rev=1792556770&do=diff .bit TLD Updating time OpenNIC resolves .bit (Namecoin) domains through the use of a centralized server which generates a DNS zone from the Namecoin blockchain. A new zone is generated from the blockchain every 15 minutes, however it may take several hours for all of the public resolvers to receive the update. If, after several hours, you are still not able to resolve your domain, please contact me using the information here. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:26:10 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/oss?rev=1792553434&do=diff .oss TLD Charter .oss is reserved exclusively for Open Source Software projects. Contacts * Administrator - JeffTaylor * Hostmaster - hostmaster@opennic.oss * Abuse - abuse@opennic.oss * Web Site - <http://reg.oss/> Domain Registration * Website - <http://reg.oss/> * anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:30:34 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/o?rev=1792552255&do=diff .o TLD Charter This is a summary of the charter. See www.moderntld.com/about/charter for details. The .o TLD, operated by the ModernTLD administration, is to be used by commercial and non-commercial entities (individual or groups) to promote themselves on the OpenNIC free network. This domain is intended to be used in a general sense, akin to .com in the ICANN network, and as such has a very general use case and little restrictions on registration. Registration is available on a first-come, f… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:10:55 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/oz?rev=1792551312&do=diff .oz TLD General Description dot OZ is the TLD (Top Level Domain) custom made for Australians, but still available to everyone. dot OZ is targeted to those who may want a domain with the cultural association with Australia, but without the requirements of .com.au, net.au or org.au registrations. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:55:12 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/automateddnsservertesting?rev=1792550769&do=diff Automated DNS Server Testing Every 15 minutes, full testing is performed on each publicly listed Tier 2 server. The results and history of this testing may be viewed from here. You can view either Tier 1 or Tier 2 server results, and filter the display based on region. This information may be helpful in choosing reliable servers near you. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:46:09 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/bbs?rev=1792547122&do=diff .bbs TLD History opennic-discuss m/l (29Dec2000, From: Robin (krystal@devnull.net), Subject: OpenNIC Discuss: Sample Charters) Charter The .BBS TLD is aimed toward Bulletin Board System servers, and BBS affiliated/related/owned websites. Bulletin Board System being defined as an actual telnet accessable server, or by a website with the features typical of a BBS - Message bases, Email, Chat, etc anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:45:22 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/dot/free?rev=1792545993&do=diff .free TLD Charter THE FREENIC ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, TERMS AND CONDITIONS Mission The FreeNIC provides NAMESPACE, CERT AUTH and other services to its membership and to the general public to encourage the NON-COMMERCIAL USE of the Free Internet and the existing and future INTERNET infrastructure. For-profit organizations are permitted to use the Free Internet but must uphold the policy of NON-COMMERCIAL USE as detailed in the AUP. Commercial use for all other purposes is not acceptable and vi… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:26:33 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/?image=wiki%3Adokuwiki-128.png&ns=wiki&rev=1788375207&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="https://wiki.opennic.org/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=499250" alt="dokuwiki-128.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:53:27 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/start?rev=1787928300&do=diff Welcome to the OpenNIC Wiki About OpenNIC OpenNIC (also referred to as the OpenNIC Project) is a user owned and controlled top-level Network Information Center offering a non-national alternative to traditional Top-Level Domain (TLD) registries; such as intranic@undisclosed.example.com (intranic) Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/dot?rev=1787928279&do=diff OpenNIC Operated Top-Level Domains These are the Top-Level Domains (TLDs) which are currently being served by OpenNIC, are being constructed with the approval of OpenNIC or which have been proposed to OpenNIC. There are links to the appropriate Web and email contacts for those which are currently accepting domain name registrations. intranic@undisclosed.example.com (intranic) Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:44:39 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/tier1setup?rev=1787492506&do=diff Setting up a Tier 1 Server Tier 1 servers are the core DNS servers hosting authoritative zones for all OpenNIC TLDs and the OpenNIC root (.) zone. FIXME This legacy wiki article has been copied from <http://web.archive.org/web/20161228061854/wiki.opennicproject.org/RunningT1>. It is outdated and should not be blindly used for copy-pasting. Use this information as a starting point to further researching current methods. intranic@undisclosed.example.com (intranic) Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:41:46 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/0x58656e61?rev=1785901487&do=diff I have a DNS server at 50.117.253.214 (kneesurgery.moe) which is located in Yellowknife, NT, Canada. It's the same as a Tier 2 server but I don't know if I'm allowed to call it that since it isn't in the servers list due to Yellowknife being an invalid location or something. 0x58656e61@undisclosed.example.com (0x58656e61) Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:44:47 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/furyashnyy?rev=1781730379&do=diff Furyashnyy@undisclosed.example.com (Furyashnyy) Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:06:19 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/dot/o?rev=1781642848&do=diff .o TLD Charter The .o TLD, is to be used by commercial and non-commercial entities (individuals or groups) to promote themselves on the OpenNIC network. This domain is intended to be general-purpose, and as such, registration is open with minimal restrictions. EMREOYUN@undisclosed.example.com (EMREOYUN) Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:47:28 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/systemd-resolve-daemon?rev=1778402094&do=diff Since Debian 13 ”Trixie”, the resolv.conf is generated by the systemd-resolved, the systemd Resolver Daemon. To get an overview over the currently configured resolvers we run the resolvectl command: root@machine:~# resolvectl Global Protocols: +LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported resolv.conf mode: stub DNS Servers: 127.0.0.1 ::1 joestr1@undisclosed.example.com (joestr1) Sun, 10 May 2026 08:34:54 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/dnssec?rev=1777484974&do=diff DNSSEC Validation DNSSEC is a mechanism that prevents DNS forgeries that could potentially redirect you or your Tier 2 users to malicious sites. Tier 2 Configuration FIXME We're looking for guides for other DNS software, contributions welcome! Tier 2 providers may enable DNSSEC validation by following the guide(s) below, corresponding to their joestr1@undisclosed.example.com (joestr1) Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:49:34 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/joestr1?rev=1776757012&do=diff My name is Joel. You can reach me via e-mail. :) I am operating a Tier 2 server in Austria. joestr1@undisclosed.example.com (joestr1) Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:36:52 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/webspaceproviders?rev=1776756901&do=diff OpenNIC Compatible Webspace Providers Requirements for listing * Provider needs to accept free or paid sign-ups using an automated or semi-automated sign-up form, no closed/invite-only groups * Paid-only providers need to have “paid-only” included in the notes section joestr1@undisclosed.example.com (joestr1) Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:35:01 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/drmmpro?rev=1769696001&do=diff __DrMmPro__ Drmmpro * drmmpro drmmpro@undisclosed.example.com (drmmpro) Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:13:21 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/proasia?rev=1769661435&do=diff Professor J.Thesmos Introduction * Professor John Thesmos * proasia * Github proasia@undisclosed.example.com (proasia) Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:37:15 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/tier_2_unbound?rev=1767636474&do=diff This simple config excerpt should be used as a basis for a Tier 2 Unbound installation: server: access-control: 0.0.0.0/0 allow hide-identity: yes hide-trustanchor: yes hide-version: yes interface: x.x.x.x minimal-responses: yes log-queries: no root-hints: "/usr/local/etc/unbound/opennic.cache" # ratelimiting examples ip-ratelimit-factor: 0 ip-ratelimit: 20 ratelimit-below-domain: gov 30 ratelimit: 100 # See https://nlnetlabs.nl/doc… luana@undisclosed.example.com (luana) Mon, 05 Jan 2026 18:07:54 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/pangea?rev=1742486150&do=diff Depracated... Project no longer active. pangea@undisclosed.example.com (pangea) Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:55:50 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/tls?rev=1736528996&do=diff TLS Certificates Current deployment There is an experimental acme server in place at <https://playground.acme.libre> to automatically obtain TLS certificates for servers under all OpenNIC top level domains (Restricted by Name Constraints). The trust anchor for these certificates can be downloaded koala@undisclosed.example.com (koala) Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:09:56 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/wiki/resources?rev=1728184675&do=diff Resources This page should give you a head-start on what to do with the OpenNIC domain name system. Web Resources A more complete list can be found here: Web Resources OpenNIC Domain Name ICANN Domain Nmae Category Description <http://grep.geek> - Search Engine Search engine for web pages as part of the OpenNIC project shroom@undisclosed.example.com (shroom) Sun, 06 Oct 2024 03:17:55 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/gp68?rev=1725361964&do=diff gp68 I prefer open solutions and open sources. That's why I like opennic. Contact: IRC! Just look out for a guy called the_old_p and it's very likely to be me. Email: the-old-p@proton.me What does he do? * Programming with * Assembler * gp68@undisclosed.example.com (gp68) Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:12:44 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/gp68/unbound?rev=1725361439&do=diff Unbound Howto This setup is build as an example to work as tier1 or tier2 server. There is an update script which sets up all slave zones and does an tier1 anmd tiar2 server test after update. The update script also checks dnssec basics and updates the files in git. gp68@undisclosed.example.com (gp68) Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:03:59 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/wiki/resources/web?rev=1696724061&do=diff Web Resources Work in progress We scraped the OpenNIC web space and found a total of `n*` active websites. This page should give you plenty of insights into the web part of OpenNIC. OpenNIC Domain Name ICANN Domain Name Category Description <http://be.libre> - pangea@undisclosed.example.com (pangea) Sun, 08 Oct 2023 00:14:21 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/srvzone?rev=1687088872&do=diff Automatic OpenNIC Zone Generation The information below is based on a Debian/Ubuntu server with BIND9 installed. You may need to make adjustments for different distributions or if you are using a chroot setup. The directions below do not require that you already have access to OpenNIC domains for configuration. All steps will be performed from the command line. resingm@undisclosed.example.com (resingm) Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:47:52 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/olde16?rev=1675947176&do=diff Olde16 Hi there! What do I do here? I host Tier 2 servers for everyone to use! OpenNIC Domain ICANN Domain Features Ports Info ns33.de dns3.dns-ga.de DoT 53,853 Use DoH via <https://secure-dns.dns-ga.de/dns-query> ns5.de dns2.dns-ga.de DoT,DoH,DNSCrypt 53,443,853,10053 Use Olde16@undisclosed.example.com (Olde16) Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:52:56 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/tld-servers?rev=1674415482&do=diff OpenNIC TLD/Root Servers For an up-to-date list of all servers and their status, check out the servers status site. Root Servers Do not query this server directly. Use the Tier 2 servers instead. Root servers are not used for recursively resolving domain names. Olde16@undisclosed.example.com (Olde16) Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:24:42 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/start?rev=1674413858&do=diff OpenNIC Infrastructure OpenNIC infrastructure related wiki pages → Root Servers and TLD Servers → Tier 1 Servers → Tier 2 Servers → Namespaces / Zones Olde16@undisclosed.example.com (Olde16) Sun, 22 Jan 2023 18:57:38 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/t2slaved/zonefile?rev=1672772904&do=diff BIND9 Zone Configuration Tier 1 Server Tier 2 Server /etc/bind/named.conf.local view "opennic" { allow-query { any; }; match-clients { any; }; recursion yes; max-cache-size 30%; ######################################## ROOT OPENNIC zone "." { type secondary; file "/etc/bind/zones/slaves/db.root"; masters { 195.201.99.61; 168.119.153.26; }; allow-transfer { any; }; notif… Olde16@undisclosed.example.com (Olde16) Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:08:24 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/t2slaved?rev=1669554145&do=diff Slaved Zones with BIND9 Also refer to BIND9 Zone Configuration for ready to use zone file examples of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Servers. Consider using the srvzone script. For those wishing to set up a more robust local nameserver, or if you plan on running a public Tier 1 or Tier 2 server for OpenNIC, configuring BIND with slave zones is the preferred method. Please read Olde16@undisclosed.example.com (Olde16) Sun, 27 Nov 2022 13:02:25 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/eddiethealien?rev=1667019445&do=diff **Eddie The Alien** ---------- ### DewBoy System ### ---------- a fake persona maker and db -- GOALS * Automate the creation of fake personas * Make the management of fake personas easier * Use these personas for various purposes * osnit eddieTheAlien@undisclosed.example.com (eddieTheAlien) Sat, 29 Oct 2022 04:57:25 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/eleix?rev=1638361075&do=diff Eleix PGP Fingerprint: 337bbed7052979f31917319afde753bbf811730d Associated Accounts Discord: Rix #1010 IRC: eleix Mailing Lists: boothf Servers ns8.ca.dns.opennic.glue IPv4: 198.50.135.212 IPv6: 2607:5300:203:7f27:5054:ff:fe57:4a07 Hostname:ns8.ca.dns.opennic.caramelfox.net ICANN Root Mirror IPv4: 198.50.135.208 IPv6: 2607:5300:203:7f27:5054:ff:fe45:85b5 Hostname:root.dns.caramelfox.net megan@undisclosed.example.com (megan) Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:17:55 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/fusl?rev=1638361061&do=diff [root@fusl ~]# cat /etc/motd _____ _ _ _ _____ _ |_ _| |__ (_)___ (_)___ | ___| _ ___| | | | | '_ \| / __| | / __| | |_ | | | / __| | | | | | | | \__ \ | \__ \ | _|| |_| \__ \ | |_| |_| |_|_|___/ |_|___/ |_| \__,_|___/_| [root@fusl ~]# whoami Hi, I'm Katie (nickname Fusl) [root@fusl ~]# whereis fusl fusl: /universe/observable_universe/laniakea_supercluster/virgo_supercluster/local_sheet/local_group/milky_way_subgroup/milky_way/orion_arm/gould… megan@undisclosed.example.com (megan) Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:17:41 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/okashi_o?rev=1638361040&do=diff Sup, I run .epic I guess. Email: okashi@okashi.me Website: <https://okashi.me> megan@undisclosed.example.com (megan) Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:17:20 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/webspaceprovidero?rev=1638360948&do=diff megan@undisclosed.example.com (megan) Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:15:48 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/yoshi15?rev=1638278619&do=diff Vip00722@undisclosed.example.com (Vip00722) Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:23:39 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/bind_whitelist?rev=1638274246&do=diff BIND Whitelist BIND-whitelist is a version-specific patch for BIND that implements whitelist functionality. It uses a very fast Berkeley database backend to track and whitelist IPs (both IPv4 and IPv6) that routinely query OpenNIC TLDs. So long as a specific IP queries for OpenNIC Vip00722@undisclosed.example.com (Vip00722) Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:10:46 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/webspaceprovider?rev=1638273471&do=diff Vip00722@undisclosed.example.com (Vip00722) Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:57:51 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/help?rev=1637097783&do=diff Getting Help OpenNIC provides various contact methods when you need help getting started or just want to chat. Currently those contact methods are: * Mailing List: discuss@lists.opennicproject.org * IRC: #opennic on the Libera IRC network * Traditional Email: <support@opennicproject.org> stephanj@undisclosed.example.com (stephanj) Tue, 16 Nov 2021 21:23:03 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/setup?rev=1625770235&do=diff Setting up OpenNIC * Setting up OpenNIC on macOS * Setting up OpenNIC on Windows 7, 8, 10 * to setup on OpenWRT go to interfaces -> WAN -> Advanced. Then uncheck “get DNS from server” and enter PASS tier 1 and-or tier 2 IP's from servers.opennic.org liberit@undisclosed.example.com (liberit) Thu, 08 Jul 2021 18:50:35 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/user/roguescholar?rev=1607782659&do=diff RogueScholar PGP Fingerprint: DD3F 5DEC 271F AA1D 2F11 82D1 AC77 588D 3F3B CA1E Associated Accounts Keybase: rscholar GitHub: RogueScholar Twitter: SingularErgoSum RogueScholar@undisclosed.example.com (RogueScholar) Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:17:39 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/t2hints?rev=1606419099&do=diff Local BIND Caching Server The easiest setup is to use a local caching server. The following will configure a private nameserver for your personal use. :!: If you wish to run a public Tier 2 server, follow the Slaved Zones instructions, not these. If you are trying to anonymize your browsing history, please be aware that installing your own nameserver or using OpenNIC services will not hide your queries. OpenNIC operators are only in control of OpenNIC domains. Any queries you make to fusl@undisclosed.example.com (fusl) Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:31:39 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/wiki/welcome?rev=1597599671&do=diff Welcome to your new DokuWiki Congratulations, your wiki is now up and running. Here are a few more tips to get you started. Enjoy your work with DokuWiki, -- the developers Create your first pages Your wiki needs to have a start page. As long as it doesn't exist, this link will be red: fusl@undisclosed.example.com (fusl) Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:41:11 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/dot/gopher?rev=1597330911&do=diff .gopher TLD Charter .gopher is chartered for use by sites offering content via the gopher protocol and is intended to showcase existing gopher sites as well as foster the establishment of new sites. Sites hosted on a .gopher domain should not serve content via any other protocol. Commercial or non-commercial entities may register .gopher domains. Multiple registrations by a single entity are permissible provided multiple qualifying uses exist. Starbaby75 @undisclosed.example.com (Starbaby75 ) Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:01:51 +0000 https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/dot/dyn?rev=1596629600&do=diff .dyn TLD Charter Domains registered in .dyn serve as dynamic DNS pointers. These domains are restricted in functionality and require frequent validation to remain active. Unused domains will be removed after 28 days. .dyn is a TLD that is designed to resolve host names to dynamic Internet Protocol addresses, which usually are a result of the respective Internet Service Provider. Non-dynamic IP addresses also known as static IP addresses may be used. Stemby@undisclosed.example.com (Stemby) Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:13:20 +0000